In 2016 TSOs of continental Europe signed agreements with Ukrenergo and Moldelectrica for the future interconnection of power systems. This would have required 29.5 GWe of nuclear capacity in 2030, up from 13.8 GWe (13.1 GWe net) through to 2021. The new government formed in 2014 confirmed these targets, and said that Ukraine aimed to integrate with the European power grid and gas network to make the country part of the European energy market by 2017.
A major increase in electricity demand to 307 TWh per year by 2020 and 420 TWh by 2030 was envisaged, and government policy was to continue supplying half of this from nuclear power. In mid-2012 the Ukraine energy strategy to 2030 was updated, and 5000-7000 MWe of new nuclear capacity was proposed by 2030, costing some $25 billion. Ukraine has investigated developing its significant shale gas deposits, but domestic production remains modest. In December 2005 Ukraine and the EU signed an energy cooperation agreement which links the country more strongly to western Europe in respect to both nuclear energy and electricity supply. In 1991, due to the breakdown of the Soviet Union, the country's economy collapsed and its electricity generation declined dramatically from 296 TWh in 1990 to 170 TWh in 2000, all the decrease being from coal and gas plants. The remainder is oil and gas, mostly imported from Russia, but increasingly from the European Union (EU). Energy policyĪ large share of primary energy supply in Ukraine comes from the country's uranium and substantial coal resources. A new 750 kV link from Rovno to Kiev was commissioned in December 2015, and allowed the Rovno and Khmelnitski plants to operate at full power (4840 MWe gross) for the first time. Much of the coal-fired plant is old and with unconstrained emissions, and nearly half of it is due to close down.
Total capacity in 2019 was about 51 GWe, including 22 GWe coal-fired, 13.8 GWe nuclear, 6.3 GWe hydro, 5 GWe gas, 1.9 GWe hydro and 0.8 GWe wind.
Source: International Energy Agency and The World Bank. Import/export balance: 2.4 TWh net export (2.7 TWh imports 5.1 TWh exports).
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